Manga like Aisubeki Musumetachi

Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori?

Also known as Will I Be Single Forever?.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Urban , Work , Office

Kiiroi Hon: Jacques Thibault to Iu Na no Yuujin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

This collected volume was named after the longest of the four stories that it contains: a drama about an adolescent girl who falls in love with Roger Martin du Gard’s saga, The Thibaults. The remaining stories capture various fragments of everyday life with tenderness and humor. Through the kaleidoscope of its feminine views, The Yellow Book touches the readers heart by attending to what, in sum, makes up life—the little things of our every day.



Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Classic Literature

03

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A chance encounter between two Tokyo ladies as they are having a terrible day, and reflections on what it means to be a Tokyoite.

Oneshot published in Flowers 2019 Fall issue.

Tags: Josei , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist

Tenshi no Tamago

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

This is a tempestuous and heartbreaking love story about Ayuta, a rounin who aspires to attend an art university, who, in a jam-packed train, falls in love with Haruhi, a psychiatrist eight years his senior.

Tags: Josei , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Suicide , Heterosexual

Ikoku Nikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Koudai and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult that never acts like one.



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Josei , Family Life , Adoption , Coming of Age , Writing , Estranged Family , Primarily Female Cast , Parenthood , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , Food

Nee, Mama

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories:

1) Kirakira to Ame
2) Zaza et Yaniku
3) Yuuyake Carnival
4) Karasu no Naku Yoru ni Yaniku wa
5) Zanshou
6) Stand Up

Tags: Josei , Anthology

Soshite, Hare ni Naru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Life does not always go as planned. Noriko fell in love, got engaged, and imagined a bright future. Instead, her fiance fell in love with her older sister, Eiko. Noriko refused to let go, and they ended up getting married despite this significant problem. Some years of marriage and two children later, Noriko became a single mother. She returned to her family home, with her daughters Eri and Madoka. Her life continued, alongside Eiko (who ended up never marrying or leaving home), and their now elderly mother. Years later, Eri and Madoka are entering the time of life where they have their own problems with love. This manga follows the lives of this house of women.



Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Cotton no Ashioto (コットンの足音); Be-Love 2010 #21

Tags: Family Life , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist